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Tagged: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

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Beyond Sorry: Back to country
Zita is sitting on a stool feeding a poddy calf. In voice-over Aggie Abbott says most children who were taken away never returned to their country. Zita on the other hand has sought her family and is...
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Beyond Sorry: This child, Zita
Aggie Abbott tells of how, when Zita returned to her mother after years of being absent, her mother said that her daughter was dead. Ron Wallace, Zita’s husband, talks about Zita’s experience of...
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Crook Hat and Camphoo: Spearing kangaroo well
A dead kangaroo sits on the ground between Camphoo and Crook Hat. The elder hooks the stick under the sinew of the kangaroo, and turns it to remove the long tendon. They then take the kangaroos guts...
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Crook Hat and Camphoo: Hunting during the calm
The two elders with their spears straightened and smoothed, make holes in the ends with a stone knife for the woomera. The elders tell us the Antarrengeny people are still making spears this way...
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Crook Hat and Camphoo: The right tree
Elders Crook Hat and Camphoo are walking through the bush searching for the right tree to make spears. They tell us that the old people used to cut down the Acacia tree to make spears. The wood of...
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Desert Tracks: Women's business
Women performing chores. The clip shows the different social responsibilities of different members of the community. Summary by Romaine Moreton.
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Desert Tracks: Cleaning up the land
An elder speaks about the effects of tourism, and the responsibility of cleaning up the land. Summary by Romaine Moreton.
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Desert Tracks: Tourism
An elder speaks about the choice to use tourism as a vehicle through which to make culture economically viable, as well as preserving it for future generations. In order to ensure the preservation of...
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Double Trouble: Sister - Episode 1
Yuma (Cassandra Glenn) and her father (Myles Pollard) have arrived in Alice Springs. Walking the streets, people treat Yuma with familiarity. Aaron (Tyrone Wallace) leads her to the local basketball...
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Satellite Dreaming: Emu dance
In the beautiful desert sunset, Noli Roberts (traditional custodian, Kuru Ala) talks about recording the dance of the Seven Sisters, and tells us that in doing this dance and making it available to...
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.

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